They should have tipped more.

Last night while getting nachos at Burrito Boy on Broadway I was witness to something that made me embarrassed to be a male.

This particular little restaurant is located very near campus (UofO) and has really good food, it's a fast food joint but puts taco bell and time and all the rest to shame and is owned and run locally. Tonight was also the last home game for the local college team (The Ducks). There was a group of four middle aged guys who appeared to have come from the game. At least one if not 3 of them seemed to have been drinking or drunk. They made a fairly larger order in the neighborhood of $100 if I heard correctly and they tossed something like 50 cents into the tip jar. Then soon after I ordered they decided they needed more one dollar bills than they had. So they proceded to try to get the cute girl at the counter to break 20s or whatever they could get her to break for ones, I think they just got 5. Durring this transaction the drunkest of the bunch and the guy who is starting to go grey asks her what she is doing later. She handled rather well if you ask me. She took a step back from the counter and appolgized in the thats sweet and I dont want to sound like a bitch but no kind of way and said she had a boyfriend and girlfriend (maybe that she was a girlfriend?) either way shes telling them shes taken.

The red-nosed drunk and 2 of his other friends sit back down and wait for their HUGE order of food. One leaves the resturant nearly unoticed. I kind of gave the counter girl a look of amusement and pitty and she said soemething about them and what happened. I said to the affect of I feel like "I should applozige" a few moments later she confessed this isn't the worst it's been and that it somtimes happens while she is at the bus stop, this really didn't suprise me as the girl really is quite pretty.

Anyways some customers have left and she now has leave the saftey of the area behind the counter to reset the tables and wipe them down. Each time she passed the greying preditor he extended his arm to highfive or shake hands. She calmy dodged him and went around to her job. After the 2nd time the drunk said something and she says she doesn't shake hands with drunks. To which he protested he was not, he infact was. She then confested to me that she was going to beat him. I told her I didn't think anyone would really mind. Around now the member who had left nearly unnoticed showed up outside with a cigaret and a large stack of ones and everyone inside reacting to that.

After 10 or so minuetes their food was ready. They all took a bag or two and walked it to their Subaru. Except the red-nosed greying man. He returned to the counter and proceeded to attempt to charm the cute young lady simply attemping to do her job. He did not appolgize he did not offer a tip or money. He thanked her for taking care of them. She said something of the affect that she didn't do much and asked him to leave with his friends. He then asked why shes so mean. She said she doesn't like that he was flirting with her, a 16 year old. He was taken back by the 16 year old bit for a moment and pondered it. I don't think it sunk in that she was only tring to do her job. He asked again why she was so mean and she reitereated that she doesnt like him flirting with her and asked him to leave, he then said she was acting like a bitch and she again backed up said excuse me and proceeded enaged the bitch voice pointed to the door and said you need to leave and thats all she would say to him again.

A few moments later I got my food. I told her to have a better night and she wished me a good night as well.

I don't care if the guy was drunk or middle aged and thought she was hot nubile young flesh. She, girls, women don't need that kind of shit at all. Especially when they are doing their job for my guess is minimum wage and super shity tips at a fast food joint. I'm not claiming to be a saint but I know I don't and won't do that kind of thing even if I am drunk. Honestly I was surprised I was even saying anything to her half the time at work I can't/don't say anything to the girls who work the counter at my work even the cute ones. I think it's guys like that who make me even more afraid to talk to girls. Cause I don't want to be just another ass like that dude.

Posted by Ben at November 19, 2006 05:45 PM